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Happy Christmas 2025 from DrillOrDrop

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 24, 2025

Call for delay to Burniston gas decision over planning policy shift

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 22, 2025

Government to rule on Waddock Cross environmental study

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 18, 2025

Horse Hill – key details delayed

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 17, 2025

Breaking: Oil companies drop Biscathorpe appeal

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 15, 2025

UKOG reveals reasons for Weald licence surrender

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 12, 2025

Villagers oppose Ineos plans for road closures around Harthill shale gas site

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 12, 2019 • ( 22 Comments )

Ineos is proposing six weeks of road closures around its shale gas exploration site near the village of Harthill in south Yorkshire, a new document has revealed.

Angus conference call: Planning blunder forced company to reapply for Balcombe consent

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 11, 2019 • ( 3 Comments )

Angus Energy could have avoided another planning application for its extended well test at Balcombe in West Sussex, the company admitted this evening.

Angus conference call: “restrictions on water reinjection limiting UK onshore oil and gas”

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 11, 2019 • ( 13 Comments )

UK onshore oil production is being held back by new regulations on water reinjection, Angus Energy told investors this evening.

Angus conference call: “Kimmeridge oil not mature at Brockham”

By Paul Seaman on July 11, 2019 • ( 12 Comments )

The Kimmeridge formation at Brockham in Surrey is unlikely to generate significant volumes of oil because it isn’t mature, investors were told this evening.

Updated: Cuadrilla to frack second well at Preston New Road and granted permit changes

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 11, 2019 • ( 44 Comments )

Cuadrilla confirmed this morning it was preparing to frack again at its shale gas site near Blackpool in Lancashire.

Picture post: 100th women in white gathering at fracking site

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 10, 2019 • ( 16 Comments )

Women in Lancashire today marked the 100th Wednesday they have held silent protests outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool.

Health professionals urge PM to “secure her green legacy by banning fracking”

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 10, 2019 • ( 65 Comments )

A group of 143 doctors, nurses and health specialists has called on Theresa May to ban fracking in her final fortnight in office.

Site restoration underway at Tinker Lane

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 10, 2019 • ( 4 Comments )

IGas has confirmed that restoration is now underway at its first shale gas site in the East Midlands.

Spending watchdog investigates costs of fracking

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 10, 2019 • ( 9 Comments )

The potential cost to the public of decommissioning fracking sites is to be investigated by the government’s spending watchdog. 

Government has 18 months to act on climate change – official adviser

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 10, 2019 • ( 21 Comments )

The UK’s credibility to tackle climate change rests on government action over the next 18 months, the official adviser said today.

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